When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
TOM FORDShe needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she’ll be perfect.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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I’m a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.
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I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.
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Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.
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You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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It’s hard not to be sexy in a pair of high heels.
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When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.
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Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.
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I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.
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Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn’t feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes.
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You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
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Only hire people you want to have dinner with.
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What is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.
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You have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
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Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.
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